Environment Arizona Conservation Advocate

The Public Interest Network is hiring a full-time Conservation Advocate for Environment Arizona in Phoenix, AZ, offering a salary of $37,000 - $41,000. The role involves leading campaigns to protect Arizona's natural areas, reduce single-use plastics, and promote clean energy. Key responsibilities include developing campaign strategies, advocating for environmental policies, building coalitions, conducting research, and managing communications. Candidates should have at least two years of relevant experience, strong communication skills, and a passion for environmental conservation.
Environment Arizona Conservation Advocate

Department: State

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Pheonix, AZ

Compensation: $37,000 - $41,000 / year

Description
Environment Arizona is a policy and action group working to tackle the most profound problem of our time: a way of living that is depleting and destabilizing the natural world. We are seeking a Conservation Advocate to run our campaigns to conserve and protect Arizona’s special places, reduce single use plastics and promote clean energy solutions.

Key Responsibilities
Our Conservation Advocate will lead our efforts to protect the places that make Arizona a special place to live. This position requires exercising discretion and independent judgment in making decisions in matters of significance.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
• Campaign strategy: Develop plans to win on our campaigns. Assess opportunities for building political support for our agenda through coalition-building, grassroots organizing, media coverage, and message development.
• Direct Advocacy: Bring environmental problems and solutions to the attention of decision-makers – including federal, state and local officials with influence in Arizona. Develop appropriate messages and materials for making the case for our policy solutions to decision-makers.
• Coalition building: Build relationships with key players in the state, the region and at the federal level. Identify, reach out to and work with partners who can help us win our campaigns, including unlikely allies who might agree with us on one issue, even if we disagree on other issues.
• Research and advocacy writing: Catalog and analyze data relevant to the issue and our policy proposals to help influence public debate and earn media attention for our cause.
• Communications: Serve as the public spokesperson for our campaigns through media events, press releases, editorial board meetings, online articles, and other outreach with a goal of building name recognition for the organization, educating the public about our issues, and compelling more people to join us in advocating for solutions.
• Fundraising and grassroots support: Write grant proposals, meet with and build relationships with foundation staff and our donors, all to bring more resources to our campaigns to protect our environment. Work with our citizen outreach staff to build and foster our membership base and our grassroots and online base of support.
• Recruitment and training: Recruit and train new interns and volunteers to increase our impact and build more power. Participate in recruitment of new staff.

Qualifications
You are:
• An advocate or organizer with at least 2 years of relevant experience. Advanced degrees may count toward experience.
• Passionate about saving the natural world. It’s not about you, it’s about the cause.
• An effective communicator with excellent writing and public speaking skills.
• A people person and good listener with a track record of recruiting people; open-minded and interested in working with people who you might disagree with on some issues.
• Creative and effective at solving complex problems; a strategic thinker who can take advantage of new opportunities.
• Well-organized and goal-oriented; capable of holding yourself accountable to a plan and also nimble enough to adapt as new opportunities or challenges arise.

Details
Compensation and Benefits
The starting annual compensation range for someone with 2-5 years of relevant experience is $37,000-$41,000. Candidates on the lower end of directly relevant experience should expect to be on the lower end of this range; candidates on the higher end of relevant experience are likely to be on the higher end of this range. Environment Arizona offers an excellent benefits package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, paid time off, a commuter benefit program, a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long term disability insurance, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Why work with Environment Arizona? Check out 10 reasons: https://environmentarizona.org/why-work-with-us/

Our Mission and Values

Environment Arizona and Environment America are part of The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to social change. Visit https://environmentamerica.org/core-values/ for things you should know about our network when you apply.

Environment Arizona is an equal opportunity employer.

COVID-19: We take COVID-19 safety very seriously. Employees must follow our COVID safety protocols and be fully vaccinated and boosted. Accommodations are provided to the extent required by law.